Red Rubber Ball!

回り回って、この夏の終わりはThe Cyrkleの"Red Rubber Ball"

I should have known you'd bid me farewellThere's a lesson to be learned from this and I learned it very wellNow, I know you're not the only starfish in the seaIf I never hear your name again, it's all the same to me

And I think it's gonna be alrightYeah, the worst is over nowThe mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball

You never care for secrets I confideFor you, I'm just an ornament, somethin' for your prideAlways runnin', never carin', that's the life you liveStolen minutes of your time were all you had to give

And I think it's gonna be alrightYeah, the worst is over nowThe mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball

The story's in the past with nothin' to recallI've got my life to live and I don't need you at allThe roller-coaster ride we took is nearly at an endI bought my ticket with my tears, that's all I'm gonna spend

And I think it's gonna be alrightYeah, the worst is over nowThe mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball

Oh, I think it's gonna be alrightYeah, the worst is over nowThe mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball

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Style Council以降からのPaul Weller経由The Jamファンのお若い方はご存じないかもしれませんが、奴らは過去にもやらかしているのです。それは史実としてブルース・フォクストンのバイオにも書かれている通り・・・引用開始Unfortunately, none of his other singles made a mark on the charts, nor did his Touch Sensitive album, and Foxton was dropped from the label. Shortly after his contract was terminated, Foxton hooked up with former Jam drummer Rick Buckler and vocalist Jimmy Edwards (both of whom had been members of Time UK while Foxton was struggling with his solo career) and formed the short-lived Sharp, who released a sole 7" single. After a few more years of disappointments, 引用終了The Sharpです。（ジャム）－（ポール）≠（ジャム） ＝The sharpです！繰り返します。”After a few more years of disappointments,...”そう、あの時もがっかりだったんだよ。ブルース。やめときゃいいのに・・・。

In memories of WBM 9) You see colors by Delays

GWの博多ショッピングツアー帰りに運転しながら聴こうと思ってホークスタウンのHMVで購入。結構好きなんですね。こういう明け透けなSugarspun Dreamy キラキラポップが。Lightning Seedsとか、Candy Flip（懐かしい？）とか、Scritti Polittiとかね。日本盤ボーナストラック入り１４曲＋ヴァレンタインのプロモ入りエンハンスト仕様で１９８０円とお買い得ですが、何はともあれ１曲目の現状ではシングルカットされていない"You and me"１曲のために1980円払っても惜しくないと思われます。参った。 先月末にタワレコの視聴コーナーで初めて聴いたのですが、その時は曲調から明らかにキラキラポップだったんで、私の耳には・・・To the bitter end, I have fought aloneNow, here's Catherine coming home...と聞こえたんですね。「大変だったけど、これまで一人っきりで闘ってきたんだそして、今日、やっと、ほら、キャサリンが僕んちに来てくれるんだ」って、ものすごく曲調に合いますもん。ところが、歌詞カード見てびっくり。YOU AND METo the bitter end I have fought alone,Now this cavalry is coming home,Like a motorcade lost in tickertape,I have felt my way to you again,On any other day there’d be a marching band,But I stole away before they cut me down,What say we go, meet by the well?Don’t tell a soul, this is our time…And we can lay low tonight; no I don’t have the will to fight,My president or his designs; you & me coulda been fine, you & me were gonna befine…Cos you knew me when I was wide awake,Now I sleep all day, oh my mistake!Oh any other day, there’d be a marching band,But I stole away before the curtain fell,What say we go, meet by the well?Don’t tell a soul, this is our time…Yeah we can lay low tonight; no I don’t have the will to fightMy President or his designs; you & me coulda been fine, you & me were gonna befineIn time, inside, here comes the falling rain,In time, inside, here comes the pouring rain,In time, inside, here comes the falling rain,In time, inside, here comes the poison rain,Yeah we can lay low tonight; no I don’t have the will to fightMy President or his denials; you & me coulda been fine,Oh we can lay low tonight; we can set the flag alight,We’re clawing back the time, when youth was on our side,You & me coulda been fine, you & me were gonna be fine